"I had a magical dream. If we complete certain tasks, we'll have a super safe house to live in later," Yun Xiaoxiao said, half-jokingly and half-seriously.
"Is killing all the zombies in this neighborhood one of those tasks?" Nie Yizhou's mouth twitched.
To be honest, he was somewhat skeptical.
This sounded like pure fantasy!
He had dreamed of eating an imperial feast too, but that didn't make it real.
"Mm-hmm, that's right," Yun Xiaoxiao replied with a smile, her eyes crinkling, her face the picture of innocence.
Hearing this, Lu Chen's lips curved slightly, his expression calm.
"Then let's start shooting."
Regardless of what others thought, he believed Yun Xiaoxiao.
If something as incredible as rebirth could happen, what else was impossible?
He raised his submachine gun and began firing at the zombies below.
Seeing this, Xiao Feng also started shooting without hesitation.
Nie Yizhou rubbed his nose.
Oh well, who cares, it's just killing zombies, might as well get on with it!
With that thought, he too raised his gun and pulled the trigger.
Yun Xiaoxiao pressed her lips together, gazing at the zombies falling to the ground below. Her eyes narrowed, a glint of fervor shining in their depths.
She vowed to become a diligent infrastructure maniac, cutting down all obstacles, be they human or ghost!
She didn't feel the least bit sorry about using the bullets.
They had collected so many bullets precisely for this purpose.
Firearms were still somewhat useful in the early stages, but when supernatural abilities and mutations exploded in the later stages of the apocalypse, there would be far fewer opportunities to use guns.
So, she was making full use of their resources now, which was entirely reasonable.
In no time at all, five or six hundred zombies had fallen in swathes.
The neighborhood gates were closed, and the zombies outside were still too low-level to get in.
Yun Xiaoxiao and her group descended to the ground.
Lu Chen and Xiao Feng were responsible for shooting the occasional zombies that came running from various directions.
Yun Xiaoxiao, Nie Yizhou, and Little Cutie were in charge of cracking open the zombies' skulls to find the nuclei.
"I've eaten those things before. Although they can enhance supernatural abilities, they make you prone to irritability," Xiao Feng said as he watched Yun Xiaoxiao and the others digging out zombie nuclei, all while continuing to shoot zombies.
Nie Yizhou chuckled, "That's because you haven't met the little ghost yet. You'll realize later that these are all good stuff."
The group stayed in place for about an hour, shooting more than two hundred zombies that had arrived later, and collecting their nuclei before entering the first building on the left side of the main gate.
As soon as they entered, they pulled the entrance door shut.
They didn't want to waste time dealing with zombies from downstairs after they'd finished with those upstairs.
The apartments in this neighborhood were all large single-floor units, with one household per elevator.
Each floor had two households.
Yun Xiaoxiao put away her gun and distributed a melee weapon to each of them.
Unlike outside, the indoor space was more confined. In close-quarters combat, a knife might be more effective than a gun.
Using supernatural abilities was extremely draining, so it was best to avoid them if possible.
Even as he gripped the large machete, Xiao Feng still couldn't quite believe it.
"How can you make things appear out of nowhere?" he asked Yun Xiaoxiao in amazement.
Earlier, Yun Xiaoxiao and the others had taken the guns directly from the room in the small house.
He had assumed those were items they already possessed.
But now, seeing Yun Xiaoxiao make the gun disappear and then produce several weapons out of thin air, he suddenly found himself questioning reality.
"Brother Feng, I forgot to tell you, I also have spatial supernatural abilities. These are all items I collected earlier," Yun Xiaoxiao explained briefly, her lips curving into a smile.
Nie Yizhou patted Xiao Feng's shoulder, speaking in a meaningful tone.
"Don't be surprised. You'll get used to it after a while."
Xiao Feng: ......
"Screech!"
Just as Nie Yizhou and Xiao Feng were talking, an obese male zombie came running out of the passage to the left of the elevator.
It was wearing a black striped bathrobe and was barefoot. The entire left side of its face was a horrific sight, as if it had been mauled by a wild animal. The skin was pitted and uneven, with bits of rotting flesh hanging off, and even some maggots crawling on it, emitting a nauseating stench.
Lu Chen reacted the fastest, stabbing the zombie in the head just as it lunged to bite.
The zombie's eyes immediately closed for good.
Lu Chen, his face cold, twisted the knife handle. Finding no nucleus, he pulled the knife out.
Yun Xiaoxiao stepped towards the room on the left.
The path was covered in dried bloodstains.
The blood trail extended all the way to the doorway.
There were several blackened handprints on the door.
As soon as they entered, they saw a skeletal corpse lying on the floor.
This person had probably been devoured by other zombies before they could turn into one themselves.
Yun Xiaoxiao and the others searched the room but found no signs of other zombies.
They left the room and went to the apartment on the right side of the elevator.
The door to this apartment was also open, but the inside was empty, without a single zombie.
The four of them then went up to the second floor via the stairwell.
In the stairwell, they encountered a male zombie wearing nothing but a pair of oversized shorts.
It stared at the four of them with its gray, lifeless eyes, let out a howl, and lunged at them with outstretched arms.
However, it was rather unlucky. Its foot slipped.
Its entire body suddenly fell vertically, hitting the stairs and breaking an arm. It continued to roll uncontrollably downwards, crashing into the wall at the bottom.
By accident, its mouth was also knocked askew.
The sounds it made had changed pitch.
It sounded... somewhat pitiful.
But it remained determined despite its injuries. Even with a broken arm and a twisted mouth, it still crawled towards the four, growling.
Nie Yizhou's mouth twitched.
"Sorry, big guy. Although I feel bad for you, I still have to send you on your way."
With that, Nie Yizhou raised his knife and brought it down on the zombie's head.
The four went to the apartment on the left side of the second floor.
The door to this apartment was closed.
"What do we do now? The door's closed," Nie Yizhou raised an eyebrow.
"Let's see if there's anyone inside first."
Yun Xiaoxiao raised her hand and knocked on the door.
Nie Yizhou also pressed the doorbell beside it.
"Hey, is anyone in there?" Nie Yizhou called out.
As soon as Nie Yizhou finished speaking, a very cautious male voice came from inside.
"Who are you? Are you the police or the military?"
Judging by the voice alone, the person inside didn't seem to be very old.
"Neither," Xiao Feng replied bluntly.
"If you're neither, why are you knocking? Oh, I get it, you're here to rob me, aren't you?!"
The young man's voice was both angry and frightened.
Several black lines appeared on everyone's foreheads.
"Do you have anything worth stealing?" Nie Yizhou rolled his eyes.
"Forget it, there probably aren't any zombies inside. Let's go," Lu Chen spoke up.
As they were about to turn and leave, the person inside suddenly called out to stop them.
"Hey, wait a minute! You're really not here to rob me?"
"Believe it or not," Xiao Feng snorted irritably.
"Please, save me. My parents have turned into zombies. They're in the living room. I'm hiding in my room and can't get out. I'm almost out of food. If this goes on, I'm done for."
